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Assume there exists а ferry tо cаrry pаssenger and cоmmercial vehicles acrоss a river.  This ferry does not leave port until all available positions on board are filled and this ferry can accommodate 27 passenger vehicles and 14 commercial vehicles.  Also assume that it is known that the average weights of passenger and commercial vehicles are 4100 and 11500 pounds respectively with standard deviations of 1100 and 2300 pounds respectively.  a) What is the expected load of this ferry on each trip across the river? b) What is the standard deviation of each load of this ferry? c) What is the 96th percentile of ferry loads if the loads are known to follow a normal distribution? d) This ferry has a rated maximum load limit of 293000 pounds, what is the probability that any trip across the river would be over the maximum load limit of the ferry?

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